Creative Jazz Improvisation
eBook - ePub

Creative Jazz Improvisation

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Creative Jazz Improvisation

About this book

The leading textbook in jazz improvisation, Creative Jazz Improvisation, Fifth Edition represents a compendium of knowledge and practice resources for the university classroom, suitable for all musicians looking to develop and sharpen their soloing skills. Logically organized and guided by a philosophy that encourages creativity, this book presents practical advice beyond the theoretical, featuring exercises in twelve keys, ear training and keyboard drills, a comprehensive catalog of relevant songs to learn, and a wide range of solo transcriptions, each transposed for C, Bb, Eb, and bass clef instruments. Chapters highlight discussions of jazz theory - covering topics such as major scale modes, forms, chord substitutions, melodic minor modes, diminished and whole-tone modes, pentatonic scales, intervallic improvisation, free improvisation, and more - while featuring updated content throughout on the nuts and bolts of learning to improvise.

New to the Fifth Edition:

  • Co-author Tom Walsh
  • Additional solo transcriptions featuring the work of female and Latino jazz artists
  • A new chapter, "Odd Meters"
  • A robust companion website featuring additional exercises, ear training, play-along tracks, tunes, call and response tracks,
  • keyboard voicings, and transcriptions, alongside Spotify and YouTube links to many of the featured solos

Rooted in an understanding that there is no one right way to learn jazz, Creative Jazz Improvisation, Fifth Edition explores the means and methods for developing one's jazz vocabulary and improvisational techniques.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781032253985
eBook ISBN
9781000575590
Edition
5
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Part 1 The Art of Improvisation
  8. Part 2 Diatonic Chords and the Modes in the Major Scale
  9. Part 3 Chord Substitutions, Harmonic Structures, and Forms
  10. Part 4 Altered Chords, Diminished Modes, Whole-Tone Scales, and Harmonic Minor and Melodic Minor Modes
  11. Appendix I: Intervals
  12. Appendix II: Modes in the Major Scale
  13. Appendix III: Modes in the Melodic Minor Scale
  14. Appendix IV: Diatonic 7th Chords in Major Keys
  15. Appendix V: Diatonic 7th Chords in Minor Keys
  16. Appendix VI: Chords and Their Relationship to Scales
  17. Appendix VII: Upper Structure or “Slash” Chords
  18. Appendix VIII: Creativity and an Overview of Kenny Werner’s Effortless Mastery Method
  19. Index